A few months ago, a photographer friend came to my house to take some high-quality shots of yours truly. I generally loathe having my photo taken and loathe even more looking at those photos. More often than not, what I think I’m projecting to the world doesn’t quite square with what has been captured with angles and light. It’s humbling. I took a little more time trying to … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: Worried About the State of the World
It’s that time again! This week the Best of Boomer Blogs Blog posts are hosted on BabyBoomster.com. We rotate to each other's blogs once a week and have been doing so for years. It’s wonderful that our group has persisted while others have fallen off and gone on to do other things. This week a few of our members are experiencing stress about what is going on in the world … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: We Are Still Going Strong
Sometime in 2015, I believe, I attended a blogging conference for Midlife Women in Nashville, Tennessee. I have been blogging since about 2008, and in this blog since the end of 2011. Miraculously, I still love it! It was at that conference that I met an amazing group of women writers, many of whom I am still connected to online. Some of them were part of a Boomer blogging … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: We Made it to New Year 2024
Our Baby Boomer bloggers are grateful for thriving in the year 2024. I celebrated my milestone birthday of 70 in December and many other Boomers have also reached their 7th decade. It’s hard to believe sometimes because I don’t feel old in any way unless I overdo something and feel the pain. Our bloggers have been writing this week about how they feel entering the New Year. … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: Thanksgiving and Wishing for Peace
The year has whizzed by so fast. It’s already the week of Thanksgiving and it's time to be grateful for all the good things in our lives. This has been a rough year with brutal and barbaric fighting in Israel/Gaza, Ukraine, and other places in the world. We must all hope and pray for peace. It is hard to imagine a major war in our own backyard but we are lucky to live in … [Read more...]